Durham County (ON)
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Durham Region Information/Overview
Durham Region
The Regional Municipality of Durham, informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto, Ontario. It has an area of approximately 2,500 square kilometres. Durham Region is considered part of the Greater Toronto Area, with the communities of Oshawa, Whitby, and Clarington making up the Oshawa Census Metropolitan Area. The regional government is headquartered in Whitby.
The Region of Durham was established in 1974 as one of several new regional governments in the Province of Ontario, primarily in fast-growing urban and suburban areas. Durham Region encompasses areas that were previously part of Ontario County and the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. It was the culmination of a series of studies into municipal governance in the "Oshawa-Centred Region" that had begun in the late 1960s.
Durham Region is located in the area generally referred to as South-Central Ontario. It is bordered by Toronto to the west, Northumberland County to the east, York Region to the north, and Lake Ontario to the south.
Durham Region consists of the following local municipalities:
- The City of Pickering
- The Town of Ajax
- The Town of Whitby
- The City of Oshawa
- The Municipality of Clarington
- The Township of Uxbridge
- The Township of Scugog
- The Township of Brock
Public Safety
Durham Region policing is done by the Durham Regional Police Services. They are dispatched from the 17 Division Headquarters in Oshawa. They are using a radio system that is not monitorable by any scanner.
The Ontario Provincial Police is responsible for the patroling of the 400 series highways and provincial controlled highways, like highway 7. They are dispatched from the Orillia Comm Centre on the Fleetnet System.
Fire Service is provided by each municipality within Durham Region. The southern region uses the Durham Region Motorola System, while the northern townships use the Fleetnet system.
Ontario Provincial Police
The Ontario Provincial Police use the Bell Mobility Fleetnet Zone 1 system for most of their communications. All communications on the Operational Talkgroups are APCO25. Interagency talkgroups are generally analog but are rarely used. The OPP also make use of analog mobile repeaters and wide area analog repeaters for portable coverage.
The Whitby detachment patrols the highways within Durham Region and services the Manvers Township area.
They are active on the following digital APCO25 talkgroups:
DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
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8656 | 21d | D | OPP 1OPS38 | Aurora 5B -1OPS38 (5A- RHQ ) |
8672 | 21e | D | OPP 1OPS39 | Burlington 5C - 1OPS39 |
8704 | 220 | D | OPP 1OPS41 | Cambridge 5E - 1OPS41 |
8720 | 221 | D | OPP 1OPS42 | Toronto 5F - 1OPS42 |
8736 | 222 | D | OPP 1OPS43 | Niagara Region 5G - 1OPS43 |
8752 | 223 | D | OPP 1OPS44 | Mississauga 5I - 1OPS44 |
8768 | 224 | D | OPP 1OPS45 | Whitby 5K - 1OPS45 |
8784 | 225 | D | OPP 1OPS46 | Aurora 5L - 1OPS46 Highway 407 ETR |
8800 | 226 | D | OPP 1OPS47 | 1OPS47 |
8816 | 227 | D | OPP 1OPS48 | 1OPS48 |
8832 | 228 | D | OPP 1OPS49 | 1OPS49 |
During normal operations, the Orillia Comm Centre will patch two talkgroups together. The following patches are usually in place on the system:
The Whitby and Toronto talkgroups are usually patched together, along with the Toronto MTO Enforcement talkgroup.
Special Operations and Events will be found on the Tactical talkgroups. Orillia Comm Centre is assigned 1TAC04 - 1TAC08.
Soft ID's for GTR/Durham Region
- 5Alpha - Orillia Region Headquarter Units
- 5Foxtrot - Toronto Units
- 5Kilo - Whitby Units
Most communications can be heard on the Whitby Site, while Pontypool Site is used on the eastern portion and Sunderland Site for the northern portion:
Site | Name | Freqs | |||||
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037 (25) | Whitby 37WHIT | 141.390000 | 142.050000c | 142.290000 | 142.335000 | 142.830000 | 143.145000c |
Site | Name | Freqs | |||||
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038 (26) | Pontypool 38PONT | 141.495000 | 141.705000c | 142.590000c | 142.890000 | 143.055000 | 143.265000 |
Site | Name | Freqs | ||||||
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026 (1A) | Sunderland 26SUND | 141.450000 | 141.720000 | 142.320000 | 142.650000a | 142.860000 | 143.100000c | 143.280000 |
If you do not have a digital scanner, it is sometimes possible to still listen to the OPP using one of their mobile analog repeaters (VR 01, VR02 or VR03) or a wide area analog repeater (BEAT 01, BEAT 02 or URBAN).
The mobile and wide area analog repeater frequencies can be found on the Fleetnet Conventional Frequencies Page.
The mobile repeater channel VR01 is the main channel for all mobile repeaters in Durham Region.
VR01 is used by the Highway Safety Division units which patrol Highway 401.
VR03 is used for special events and for aircraft intercepts.
Ministry of Health (EMS Services)
Ambulance Service is provided throughout Durham Region by the Ministry of Health. Communications will be found in analog on the Bell Mobility Fleetnet Zone 1 system. The two talkgroups used for Durham Region are Oshawa North and Oshawa South.
When units are not on a call and waiting to be dispatched, they will monitor Oshawa South and when they are on a call or at a hospital, they will monitor Oshawa North. The Oshawa CACAA talkgroups are:
DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
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34720 | 87a | A | MOH OSHAWA ALRT | Pre-Alert |
34736 | 87b | A | MOH OSHAWA ALRT | Pre-Alert |
35904 | 8c4 | A | MOH OSHAWA CACC | CACC |
35920 | 8c5 | A | MOH OSHAWA N | North Dispatch |
35936 | 8c6 | A | MOH OSHAWA S | South Dispatch |
35952 | 8c7 | A | MOH OSHAWA TAC1 | Tactical 1 |
35968 | 8c8 | A | MOH OSHAWA TAC2 | Tactical 2 |
35984 | 8c9 | A | MOH OSHAWA TAC3 | Tactical 3 |
36000 | 8ca | A | MOH OSHAWA SPARE | Spare |
The Ministry of Health also utilizes several conventional frequencies:
Frequency | Input | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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150.10000 | BM | CSQ | MOHPCOM | Provincial Common | FM | EMS Dispatch | |
149.44000 | F | CSQ | MOH Paging | Provincial Paging | FM | EMS Dispatch | |
129.27500 | BM | CSQ | MOH Air Amb | ORNGE Air Ambulance Fixed Wing | AM | EMS-Talk | |
413.68750 | 418.68750 | RM | CSQ | ORNGE Base | ORNGE Air Ambulance Base | FMN | EMS-Talk |
These include several vehicular repeater frequencies utilized when ambulance personnel are away from their vehicles, station paging, a common simplex channel and a backup tactical channel.
If an accident is serious enough, the Air Ambulance could be called in. In the southern part of Durham Region, listeners might be able to hear the output of the repeater located near Aurora in York Region. If not able to hear the output of the repeater, then listening to the input will allow the helicopter to be heard. Communications between Oshawa CACC, land ambulances and the Air Ambulance generally take place on Provincial Common, 150.1000.
Once enroute to the hospital, the crew will request a patch to the hospital. Generally Tac 1 and Tac 2 are used for patches to hospitals within Durham Region. Oshawa CACC will call alert the hospital and then patch the Tac channel assigned with the specific hospital talkgroup. Normally, it is only necessary to program in the Tac channels although sometimes, the hospital talkgroup is the talkgroup the patch is setup on.
Durham EMS Apparatus Listing
- 3004 3100 3101 3111 3112 3113 3116 3117 3118 3120 3121 3122 3123 3125 3127 3128 3150 3151 3152 3153 3154 3157 3158 3162 3164 3165 3167 3193 3237 3259 3265 3289 3290 3299 3325 3344 3346 3388 3389 3390 3391 3517
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City/Town/Township Fire Services
In Durham Region, each municipality, city and township, provides their own fire service. In the southern region, fire services are provided via the Durham Region Motorola System. The northern Townships have migrated to the Fleetnet System.
City/Towns on Durham Region Motorola System
- Clarington, Municipality
- Oshawa, City of
- Whitby, Town of
- Ajax, Town of
- Pickering, City of
The following list are the talkgroups used by the fire services:
Description |
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Durham Fire Codes
List of Codes used by Durham Region Fire Departments
- 4 Open Door
- 5 Working Fire
- 6 Time of arrival
- 7 Assistance required
- 8 Arrived
- 9 Time of return
- 10 Lay a line
- 11 Medical call
- 17 ID of Incident commander
- 22 Hold all extra units
- 30 Possible Suicide
- 33 Arson 45 Fatality
- 50 Vehicle problems
- 53 Vehicle refuel
- 60 Contact by phone RED Chemical/Dangerous goods ORANGE Overdose -or- Use Caution Due to Intoxicated Person(s) at Scene
Townships on the Fleetnet System
- Brock, Township
- Scugog, Township
- Uxbridge, Township
North Durham Region fire talkgroups are as follows:
Description |
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